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Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality and 21st Century Archaeology

Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality and 21st Century Archaeology

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January 22nd 2014: Diggers and Relic Hunters: Popularizing Archaeology

Miss the SHA conference this month? Join our host Dr. Joe Schuldenrein and recently elected president of the Society for Historical Archaeology Dr. Charles Ewen as they discuss Public Archaeology and the importance of communicating what we do as archaeologists with the general public. Everyone agrees that engaging the public to make archaeology relevant to society and promote stewardship of the past is a good idea, but how we go about it is a different matter. On the one hand, many criticize academics for talking over the heads of a general audience; on the other, many archaeologists feel t

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Dr. Charles R. Ewen

Charles R. Ewen received his PhD at the University of Florida in 1987, and since 1994 has been a full professor in the Department of Anthropology at ECU as well as Director of the Phelps Archaeology Laboratory. He recently was elected the president of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Charlie’s research interests focus mostly on historical archaeology (specifically the contact and colonial periods). However, like most archaeologists, circumstances have led him to work on nearly every kind of archaeology site, from prehistoric villages to Civil War fortifications and twentieth-century homesteads. While in NC, Charlie has directed several projects at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gard
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